SoCoCulture's Magazine
SoCo Meeting Notes – 2/13/2024
SoCoCulture Membership Meeting 13 February 2024 Held at Black River Cultural Arts Center, Renton Attendees: 4Culture African American Writers Alliance Allied Arts of Renton Auburn Symphony Orchestra Burien Arts Association CenterStage Theatre Evergreen City Ballet...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 11/9/2023
SoCoCulture Membership Meeting Notes 11/9/2023 – 9:30 AM-Noon This meeting was hosted at Auburn’s newly-opened Postmark Center for the Arts at 20 Auburn Avenue in Auburn. Allison Hyde, Arts Program Supervisor for the City of Auburn, welcomed SoCo members and we dove...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 9/14/2023
SoCoCulture Membership Meeting Notes 9/14/2023, 10 AM - Noon Many thanks to our meeting hosts at the Historical Society of Federal Way - we convened at the Historical Society's offices at the Steel Lake Annex, across the street from Steel...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 5-16-2023
SoCoCulture Membership Meeting Notes 5/16/2023 – 1-3 PM Our meeting was hosted by the Kent Historical Museum (thanks to executive director Dylan High). Mary Clymer, SoCo leadership team member and Renton Municipal Arts Commissioner, served as the emcee. Dylan...
Burien artist uses Italian monuments and manuscripts as inspiration for monoprints
by Eric Mathison Maureen Hoffmann is well known around Burien. Maybe it’s because she’s led Walk-n-Talks around town every month for many years as part of her activities with WABI (Walk/Bike) Burien. Maybe it’s her countless hours helping her hometown become a...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 3-6-2023
Our meeting was hosted by Key to Change Studio (thanks to Dr. Quinton Morris and Shelby Denckla!) and Christina DePaolo, communications director at 4Culture, served as the moderator. Dr. Morris shared his personal history as a young Black violinist growing up in the...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 1-10-2023
SoCoCulture Meeting Notes - Tuesday, January 10, 1-3 PM SoCo Announcements: SoCo membership renewal request will be coming to your e-mail inbox soon – we would love to have your continued participation in SoCoCulture! Please plan to renew your SoCo membership. Dues...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 11-17-2022
Notes from SoCo's 11/17/2022 meeting - Regrouping with Gratitude As we slowly emerge from the pandemic, many of our organizations have experienced "The Great Resignation" effect, while those of us who are still hanging in there are being run ragged! That's why for our...
SoCo Meeting Notes – 9-20-2022
Mary Fertakis of M Fertakis Consulting was the featured speaker at SoCoCulture's 9/20/2022 meeting at the Tukwila Community Center. This was a profoundly helpful presentation, loaded with local historical insight, about reimagining and regrounding the work of boards...